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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.

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2. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.






3. Appears: min means: minute






4. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.






5. Amendment to task type.






6. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing






7. Changing the working time in the 'details' section of the working time dialog won't change the default start time in the options -> scheduling settings. Try to keep these in sync.

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8. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






9. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.






10. Work - resource - cost.






11. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






12. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.






13. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U






14. W = D + U Duration plus available resource units






15. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.






16. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that






17. A compact - matrix representation of a system or project. The approach can be used to model complex systems in systems engineering or systems analysis - and in project planning and project management.






18. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.






19. Appears: wk means: week






20. Contains information relative to tasks.






21. Appears: day means: day






22. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.






23. A logical relationship that states that for one project to begin - another must also be underway. For example - the writing of a business proposal must have begun in order for editing of the proposal to take place.






24. Task ribbon -> 'task' -> recurring task. An easy way to schedule reccuring meetings.






25. U = W / D Work divided by duration.






26. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.






27. Default view in Network Diagram. Without LINK LABELS - you won't see lag time - etc. The term finish to start refers specifically to the logical relationship that exits between the activities that make up he entirety of the project in which it is det






28. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day






29. The FILE name is what you see at the top of the screen - and is the raw name of the .mpp or .mpt FILE itself. The PROJECT NAME is set in the 'Properties' of the project. The project name will show up in reports - etc.






30. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






31. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






32. efines units.






33. The acceloration of the successor task. 'Negative lag'






34. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.






35. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.






36. A terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a WBS; it is not further subdivided. Sometimes called a 'work package' - but NOT synonymous.






37. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






38. Matches the outline number initially in Project 2010. It is common for work breakdown structure elements to be numbered sequentially to reveal the hierarchical structure. For example 1.3.2 Rear Wheel identifies this item as a Level 3 WBS element - si






39. Appears: mon means: month






40. ______ link Summary Tasks.






41. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.






42. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.






43. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.






44. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.






45. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.






46. Their purpose is to ORGANIZE. Summary tasks have work packages or other summary tasks which comprise the parent summary task. Summary tasks are NOT scheduled. The children tasks are what need to be scheduled.






47. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.






48. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour






49. Shows logical relationship between tasks. View tab -> 'split view' section -> details checked -> More views -> Select there.






50. Tables are made up of fields.